Table 8.
ORs and 95 % CIs for adulthood marital status according to male caregiver’s SEP and mother’s marital status
| Married | Divorced | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never married | Ever married | Never divorced | Ever divorced | |||
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | |||
| Groups defined by mother’s marital status, the presence of male caregiver, and his occupation | ||||||
| Married mother, male caregiver worker | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
| Unmarried mother, no indication of male caregivera | Ref. | .61 (.43–.86) | .63 (.44–.89) | Ref. | 1.21 (.93–1.56) | 1.19 (.91–1.55) |
| Unmarried mother, male caregiver workerb | Ref. | .74 (.47–1.15) | .77 (.49–1.21) | Ref. | 1.26 (.91–1.74) | 1.22 (.88–1.69) |
| Unmarried mother, male caregiver middle classc | Ref. | .75 (.41–1.35) | .76 (.42–1.37) | Ref. | 1.12 (.73–1.73) | 1.12 (.73–1.73) |
| Married mother, male caregiver middle class | 1.07 (.94–1.22) | 1.06 (.92–1.22) | Ref. | .95 (.88–1.04) | .98 (.89–1.08) | |
| Mother’s occupational status | ||||||
| Mother worker | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |||
| Mother middle class | Ref. | 1.11 (.96–1.27) | Ref. | .89 (.81–.97) | ||
Marital status as recorded in the National Census at 5-year intervals between 1970 and 2000. All analyses were controlled for year of birth, sex, birth order, birth weight, mother’s age, length of gestation, evacuation abroad without parents during World War II, mother’s marital status (married/unmarried) and male caregiver’s highest attained occupational status during childhood (missing, worker or clerical)
Model 1 adjusted for year of birth, sex, birth order, birth weight, mother’s age, length of gestation, evacuation abroad without parents during World War II, mother’s marital status (married/unmarried) and male caregiver’s highest attained occupational status during childhood (missing, worker or clerical)
Model 2 adjusted as in model 1 + mother’s occupational status
OR odds ratio, CI confidence intervals
aThe mothers (n = 303) who have no indication of a male caregiver at any time point
b-cThe mothers (n = 334) who were unmarried at the time of childbirth but the family had a male caregiver later on, according to the child welfare clinic or school records